Glove-fastener



(No Model.)

G. H. OOURSEN.

GLOVE FASTENBR. No. 384,428. Patented June 12, 1888.

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UNITED STATES GEORGE HAMPTON COURSEN,

PATENT GEFIcE.

OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GLOVE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,428, dated June 12,1888.

Application filed March 27, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HAMPTON COURSEN, of Baltimore, State ofMaryland, have invented a new and Improved Glove- Fastener, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved glovefastener, and has for itsobject to provide a simple, inexpensive, and elIective device which willbe free from all springs and of very durable construction.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outdevice to a glove.

in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 illustrates the application of my Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection on line m as, Fig. 1; andFig. 3 is a transverse section on line3 y of Fig. 2.

In carrying out the invention, A represents a glove provided at one sideof the wrist-opening a with an attached radial-toothed bar, B. The bar Bis of a length sufficient to project across the opening a, the teeth bbeing produced in the under face, the vertical walls of which teeth facein the direction of the inner or attached end of the bar. I haveillustrated the bar B as having an eye, 1), formed atone end and assecured to the glove by a staple, b but I desire it distinctlyunderstood that I do not confine myself to such construction, as otherapproved means may be employed-as, for instance, I prefer to stitch theparts to the glove or secure them with a tape, as buttons are ordinarilyattached.

Upon the wrist of the glove, at the side of the opening at opposite tothat upon which the radial lockingbar B is attached, a short cyliudricalkeeper, D, is secured, of an internal diameter slightly greater than thewidth of the lockingbar, the said keeper being adapted to receive thesaid bar. The lower end of the keeper farthest from the locking-bar isstruck up to form a tongue or projection, d, as best shown in Fig. 2.

The keeper may be constructed of a piece of tubing and attached in anyapproved manner; or, as shown, the metal may be bent upon itself toassume a cylindrical shape, open at Serial No. 268,687. (No model.)

the top and provided at that point with out wardly extending horizontalflanges d, as illustrated in Fig. 3, in which event the opening in thetop is concealed by an ornamental button, d", supported by the flanges,the said button being secured to the keeper by soldering, riveting, orequivalent means.

In operation, thelocking-bar B being curved downward following the curveof the wrist, readily engages with the tongue d when the said bar isthrust through the keeper, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and as soon as thisengagement is effected the tension of the glove tilts or rocks thekeeper, and the inner edge of the said keeper, descending, presses uponthe upper surface of the lockingbar, effectually holding the said bar inposition. To release the lock, the end of the bar B projecting from theouter side of the keeper is slightly elevated with the fingers.

It will be observed from the above that a spring is not necessary, asthe elastic material of the glove affords an effective substitute.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The glove-fastener csnsisting of a cylindrical keeper provided withan engagingtongue and a locking-bar provided with the teeth on its undersurface for engaging said tongue, the said bar being held in. engagementwith the tongue by the inner edge of the keeper resting upon the uppersurface of the said bar, substantially as described.

2. In a glove-ihsiening, the combination, with a cylindrical keeperhaving one lower outer edge struck up to form a lip, ofa radiallocking-bar provided with a series of teeth upon the under surface, saidbar adapted to project through the keeper and engage thelip thereof,substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with a cylindrical keeper having one lower outeredge struck up to form a lip or tongue and an open flanged top, of abutton secured to and capping the cylinder and aradial locking-barhaving an under toothed surface adapted for engagement with the lip ofthe keeper, substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE HAMPTON GOURSEN.

Witnesses:

FELIX R. SULLIVAN,

GEORGE E. SAVILLE.

